Clarkson Winner Tops UNLV, 1-0

Thursday, August 24

Irvine, Calif.

7:00 PM

UC Irvine

1-0-0, 0-0-0

UNLV

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
UNLV	0	0	0
UC Irvine	0	1	1

Photo by: Raymond Tran

Clarkson Winner Tops UNLV, 1-0

August 24, 2023 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine men's soccer took home a 1-0 win in their season opener over UNLV in Anteater Stadium thanks to a game-winner from Noah Clarkson.

UC IRVINE 1, UNLV 0

The 'Eaters and Rebels played to a scoreless first half with UCI putting up six of the eight shots and earning five aof the six corners
A sequence late in the first half nearly broke the deadlock. Mario Anaya whipped a corner in that Jake Means would float back near the goalline. Josh Kenworthy got a head on it that deflected off the post and back into the mixer where a flurry of kicks eventually saw UNLV clear it
The match's only goal came in the 66th minute as Noah Clarkson punched home a pass from Francesco Montanile by a diving UNLV keeper to make it 1-0
Luke Pruter and the defense stood tall allowing four shots and one on target to complete the clean sheet
Clarkson made his collegiate debut in the match subbing on at halftime and collected his first career goal, point, and game-winner in his 21st minute
Montanile added an assist for the seventh of his career
Luke Pruter notched his fifth career shutout with his 93rd career save hauled in
Clarkson was among a few Anteaters making their collegiate debuts including freshman starter Brady Treinen, second-year Justin Conyers, and grad transfer making his Anteater debut Christian Gomez

A tantalizing sequence off the corner including Josh off the woodwork, but can't break through #TWZ pic.twitter.com/d8wAKv4xVz
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) August 25, 2023

UCI GOAL!! ? Noah Clarkson (66') gets it!! First career goal from Francesco!

UC Irvine 1-0 UNLV #TWZ pic.twitter.com/KTeLCYdPY3
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) August 25, 2023

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First game ?
First goal ?
First time in front of the camera ?? pic.twitter.com/nm9Jcb4dmT
— UCI Men's Soccer (@UCImsoc) August 25, 2023

UCI wins its first season opener under head coach Yossi Raz in his sixth season to start 1-0-0 on the year. Next up will be a test Sunday, August 27 with a 3:00 p.m. kickoff against 2022 College Cup participant and No. 8 Creighton.